You can hate whoever talked you into backcountry skiing in bone-chilling temps before dawn a little less when you have the Mountain Equipment Women's Kinesis Jacket keeping you warm on the skinner. Its Polartec Alpha insulation adds that special touch of warmth required for steep-and-sweaty skinners in frigid conditions, and it's air permeable for higher levels of breathability. Mountain Equipment added a micro-grid lining to manage moisture, and the Helium 30 shell is windproof and so compressible that the jacket can stow inside its chest pocket.

The bighorn sheep is the mammalian symbol of Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Colorado's official animal. Colorado is home to the largest population of the species anywhere. The animals are five to six feet long with a tail three to six inches in length.